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Weekend Report
What a difference a week can make.
Last week we were watching an extremely boring tennis match between 250 and 260 Billion, and this week we saw an absolutely tremendous move of 24% from 254 to 333 Billion. Now, it is too early to call the 244 Billion low we saw on April 1st as the bottom for this bear market, but many of the pundits are starting to call the return of the bull.
As we covered on Thursday, this rally is the result of short squeeze after we hit a record number of shorts on Bitcoin. While this rally has been impressive and certainly helped to give the holders a sigh of relief, we are still watching for the true rally to start — similar to what we saw in November of 2017. For now, this rally has not been as violent to the upside as our bounce off the bottom in February, and what’s worrisome is the market volume has predictably dropped off over the weekend which might cause a reversal or consolidation.
With that said, we are watching to see if the market can sustain this move or at the very least sustain this level. If we can consolidate here it will help to return faith in the system and in turn help move money back into the market.
While we don’t put a lot of stock in crypto “experts” who are just hedge fund managers or similarly vested individuals with very clear ulterior motives, a number of them have come out this week with very bullish sentiments. Noted Bitcoin bull, American venture capital investor, and businessman Tim Draper has a 2022 target price of $250,000 per Bitcoin. CNBC Fast Money’s Brian Kelly has supported this prediction in a CNBC interview from April 13. Tom Lee of Fundstrat has a 2018 year end target price for Bitcoin of $25,000. Finally, Pantera Capital has called the most recent bottom as the definitive bottom of this bear market and that everything going forward should be upwards.
Again, we don’t put a lot stock in “predictions” and we certainly don’t endorse putting up a random number as some sort of indication of where Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is going. For example, saying Bitcoin will be above $250,000 by 2022 is meant to get you thinking about the number itself, not its validity. There are so many variables to consider, so many independent events that can and will occur between now and then that the price by far the least interesting thing to think about.
For example, what regulations will begin to form over the next four years? What will the world’s economy look like four years from now? Will Bitcoin still be the number one cryptocurrency? For it to be worth above $250,000 and not be the number one is certainly exciting to think about. How will crypto have made progress towards adoption? For Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to continue to rise we’re going to need to start transitioning from speculative value to utility value. We’re going to need to start making blockchain practical and usable. As it stands the biggest challenges around blockchain’s adoption are around the interface for users and the technology itself. We are very close to having a payment method that is many times faster and more secure than traditional payment networks such as VISA or Mastercard. Bitcoin could certainly hit $250,000 by 2022, but we need to focus on all the years, months, and days between now and then.
In summary, we are by no means out of the woods yet, but things are looking brighter than they were even a week ago. It’s still too early to call a double bottom recovery, but as we get into summer crypto could see a similar upward trend we saw last year at the same time.
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How to read this portfolio: Please click on the Chart Key tab above for definitions and color codes. The colors correspond to our 7 categories in the graphic below.
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Tier 2
MOD
Tier 3
REQ
SUB
LINK
NANO
KNC
Tier 4
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XBY
ELA
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ReadySetCrypto’s 7 Categories Of CryptoCurrency
Tier 1 coins are those coins which we have considerable assets invested, are firm believers in the project direction and execution, and have very little reason to sell within short to mid term. These are coins which we risk evaluated to be very solid, and have a high probability of existence duration.
NEO
NEO ($NEO) is classified as a Dividend and Platform coin. As our largest holding, we believe NEO has the potential to become a dominant smart contract and DApp platform in 2018. It’s four most compelling features are:
- An innovative consensus algorithm which will allow for greater TPS (transactions per second) over its competitors.
- A dividend structure for holders, incentivizing coin retention and network stability / diversity.
- SE Asia location, enabling NEO to break into markets more easily than competitors.
- Agnostic smart contract language, allowing for smart contract developers to use existing mainstream programming languages, which allows for cheaper smart contract implementation as compared to Ethereum who’s proprietary smart contract language, Solidity, can be a barrier to integration.
NEO is best acquired through Binance. Storing NEO on the Binance exchange will result in a GAS distribution once a month on the first. We recommend the NEON wallet for safe storage. GAS will be distributed on the NEON wallet daily.
WaltonChain
WaltonChain ($WTC) is classified as a Dividend and Utility coin. Waltonchain is on the cutting edge of using RFID hardware to enable supply chain management 2.0. We believe Walton has the potential to become a dominant IoT blockchain solution Waltonchain is the only truly decentralized platform combining blockchain with the Internet of Things (IoT) via patent pending RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. The custom RFID chips are able to digitally sign and verify transactions at the integrated circuit level, automatically and instantly reading and writing data to the chain without human intervention. This unique implementation of blockchain + IoT facilitates the true interconnection of all things in the real world with the virtual world, creating a genuine, trustworthy and traceable business ecosystem with complete data sharing and absolute information transparency. Walton has two major competitive advantages:
- A recently confirmed (to be signed) partnership with China Mobile’s IoT Alliance. China Mobile is the largest mobile telecommunications service in the world as well as the world’s largest mobile phone operator by total number of subscribers. Walton’s Management system is set to be implemented through mobile communication networks, and China Mobile is the largest one. Waltonchain is positioning themselves to be the single connector of the entire Internet of Things initiative put forward by the China Mobile IoT Alliance.
- They implement the blockchain through the RFIDs at the foundational layer. Their technology is patent-pending and gives Waltonchain a solid claim as the only blockchain that connects the physical world with the virtual world with truly reliable data. This is because all other IoT solutions tag items through API, and this means all the data is first passed through a centralized intermediate, a potential point of vulnerability.
Ethereum
Ethereum ($ETH) is an open blockchain Platform that lets anyone build and use decentralized applications that run on blockchain technology. Like Bitcoin, no one controls or owns Ethereum – it is an open-source project built by many people around the world. But unlike the Bitcoin protocol, Ethereum was designed to be adaptable and flexible. It is easy to create new applications on the Ethereum platform, and with the Homestead release, it is now safe for anyone to use those applications.
OmiseGO
OmiseGO ($OMG) is classified as a Dividend and Utility coin. OmiseGO is a Southeast Asia-based company creating an e-wallet that will make transfer of assets and currencies possible. Merchants and users of the wallet can transfer whatever asset or currency they desire. For example, you could use your ethereum, bitcoin, international fiat, or even your airline points to buy groceries using the e-wallet app on your mobile phone. Transfers can happen across borders, or even while traveling abroad. Unlike Western Union or PayPal for example, the fees are almost negligible, and the transfer is instant. Because it’s based on a blockchain, there are no intermediary banks necessary and users don’t need bank accounts to access those funds. This is especially good for migrant workers who send money home and often don’t have bank accounts and are forced to use expensive wire services instead.
NAVCoin
NAVcoin ($NAV) is a Privacy coin with upcoming Platform features. NAVcoin has been around for 3 years. It is not minable, instead being based on a Proof of Stake system in which stakers earn 5% annual returns. Theoretically this means there could be 5% inflation on the supply, however, that would require every coin holder to stake, so likely there will be very marginal inflation between 1 and 3% year over year. It is a currency originally based off of Bitcoin version 0.13, which should tell you it’s got a good foundation from which to build its feature set. Being based off Bitcoin, it currently is a method of transaction, with notable upgrades in the form of Segwit (with possible lightning network integration in the future) and 30 transaction times with extremely marginal fees. That’s great but a lot of coins have that going for them, so thankfully we’re just getting started with the real interesting pieces of NAV. The first and currently only implemented feature, NavTech is a unique dual blockchain technology. Essentially, NAV runs on these two blockchains in order to completely disconnect the sending wallet (your wallet), to the receiving wallet (where the money is getting sent). Think of it like a VPN, NavTech completely strips the sender’s details so the transaction is completely anonymous. The anonymous transaction space has really gotten big lately, with Monero’s recent price action and Ethereum’s implementation of ZKSnarks being two big examples that come to mind.Moving on to the roadmap, there are two big upcoming features for NAV:
- The first is Polymorph, which is a really cool blend of Nav’s anonymous transactions and Changeally’s instant exchange. What this means is that, for example, I wanted to pay someone in Bitcoin but I wanted to do it anonymously. Polymorph would take my bitcoin, turn it into navcoin in order to be processed and sent anonymously using the Navtech dual blockchain, then turned back into bitcoin at the to be sent to the receiving wallet. This will certainly set NAV apart, as it guarantees anonymous transaction for all of the coins on changeally. This is huge for exposure, and a great opportunity for NAVcoin to gain trust, which is absolutely critical anonymous transaction coins.
- The second big upcoming feature is ADApps, or Anonymized Decentralized Apps. This is also a huge potential win for Nav as there is already a huge amount of interest in the crypto space surrounding Dapps, such as Ethereum and Omni. Adding in the anonymous layer would attract projects that would value the anonymity. Nav is still in the planning stages for this project so it could still be awhile before it comes to fruition, but we should see the whitepaper for it soon, and if they could be first to market with ADapps that could prove to be a killer feature for them as it would give them first access to the interested demographics.
Ripple
Ripple ($XRP) is a real-time Payment protocol for anything of value. It’s a shared public database, with a built-in distributed currency exchange, that operates as the worlds first universal translator for money. Ripple is currency agnostic and has a foreign exchange component built right into the protocol. Ripple acts as a pathfinding algorithm to find the best route for a dollar to become a euro or airline miles to become Bitcoin. It will look at all the orders in the global order book. The case for XRP comes down to the following: 1) Payment systems work best with bridge assets to focus liquidity. 2) There are good reasons to expect a cryptocurrency to be the most popular bridge asset. 3) There are good reasons to expect that cryptocurrency to be XRP.
- Open, decentralized payments will have lots and lots of assets, including national currencies of all kinds and cryptos. A significant fraction of payments will be among assets that aren’t the most popular. Using intermediary assets to settle those payments concentrates liquidity and reduces spreads.
- National currencies are always tied to jurisdictions and can’t be universal. Systems built around them will never be as open and inclusive as systems that aren’t.
- XRP settles faster than any other major crypto. It higher transaction rates than other major cryptos. It is beat by others only by the amount of liquidity available today. And, most importantly, XRP has a company that is devoted to making sure XRP succeeds for this specific use case.
ICON
Simply put, ICON ($ICX) is a massive scale blockchain Platform that allows
- Decentralized Application (DAPPS) – Build DAPPS on ICON Platform like on Ethereum and NEO. Yes, soon, you will see ICOs happening on ICON platform for different DAPPS
- Interchain (Interoperability with Blockchains) – Allows different blockchains connecting to one another through their protocol. ICON is fully compatible with traditional blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum and in future can bridge other public blockchains such as Qtum, NEO and many others to achieve their mission statement – “Hyperconnect the world”
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Use of AI to ensure all nodes contributing to ICON Republic/platform are rewarded fairly and not to have certain powers over distribution policies. AI will continue to learn a variety of variables to determine optimal distribution policies and achieve complete decentralization.
- Decentralized Exchange (DEX) – ICON will integrate different DEX protocols on their platform to facilitate exchange of ICX and other future ICON platform currencies. Bancor protocol will be their first DEX protocol when mainent launches this month end and Kyber and others will follow. Not just throwing Kyber’s name out there, it was confirmed they are working with each other, official partnership yet to be announced.
Fundamental Currency Research
Today’s top ten coins led the market, with Bitcoin’s rally inspiring courage throughout the pack of altcoins.
Of the large caps, Ripple, Cardano, and IOTA led with the strongest gains.
Iota’s movement was certainly compounded by news that there would be a big development coming soon:
We also found it interesting to see just how much the visitor counts have dropped for the top 10 most popular cryptocurrency websites out there:
Hopefully, in time they will recover with the market itself.
Today we expanded our position in Binance Coin in response to their upcoming Token Burn, which we anticipate will cause the price to increase.
“Repurchasing plan
Every quarter, we will use 20% of our profits to buy back BNB and destroy them, until we buy 50% of all the BNB (100MM) back. All buy-back transactions will be announced on the blockchain. We eventually will destroy 100MM BNB, leaving 100MM BNB remaining.”
In this section we’ll feature a daily ICO or new coin we think you should check out. Based on your country, you may not be able to participate in the ICO, but you will be able to trade the coin once it is listed on an exchange following its ICO (usually only a couple of weeks). ICOs are where a lot of money in crypto is made. Here’s proof. That said, we should warn you: ICOs are highly risky endeavours and you need to mitigate any potential losses. Treat it as money you’ve lost the moment you contribute to the ICO. We are not responsible for the ICO’s performance. Today’s featured ICO / New Coin is:
Profede
For flipping Neutral.
For long-term holding Neutral.
What is it?
Professionals should have control over who can receive their professional data and how others can use it. Our decentralized professional ecosystem helps you get compensated for your data, making intermediaries unnecessary. Profede is the next generation of professional data privacy. Thanks to blockchain, you can be sure your data is protected.
What is our verdict?
What we like: Good idea and solid team
What we don’t like: Very competitive space and needs more to stand out.
Website: https://profede.com/
Whitepaper: https://profede.com/profede-whitepaper
Technical Analysis Research
A week ago in this space I had written: “I believe that we are due for a bounce in most of the major currencies; I say this not because I’m talking my book, but more because we’re starting to see some pretty strong divergences building up where each swing lower is weakening, creating lower downside momentum with every thrust lower. Eventually the shorts must cover and this helps drive markets higher in the short run. The caveat to that statement is that I don’t think that the “bottom” is in. We have not see the necessary capitulation yet…but even in the worst bear markets out there, you’ll have trade-able rallies.” Once again, with Technical Analysis we are not “predicting the future” but rather giving ourselves a framework for decision. The evidence was overwhelmingly positive that we would see a positive swing.
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So what’s next? In today’s video I discuss the difference between a “swing” and a “trend.” For this market to start to tack on the kind of gains that we saw in 2017, we would need to move beyond a nice little SWING that we’re seeing, and into a real TREND which is a series of higher highs and higher lows. Ego makes you want to pick the exact bottom but rationale will lead you to trade the “meat” of the trend which is where the easiest gains will be found.
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With overall crypto markets in a dull corrective market, I’ll continue to focus more on the larger cap coins until they break loose, then it will be a better market for alt-coins. Moves are not sustaining right now.
I am doing the majority of my Technical Analysis work on TradingView and Coinigy, and I have a BitFinex app on both my iPad and Android smartphone. All of these charting platforms call a TradingView API. TradingView is the 800 lb. gorilla in the Crypto charting space until the “established” players want to make a go at Crypto, like Ninjatrader, Tradestation, eSignal, Sierra charts, etc. My sense is that TradingView has such a head start that it will be very difficult for the big boys to make a dent in this space for a while. Until that point, TradingView has almost a monopoly in this space. If you have a particular tool that you think is superior, please let me know. You can access the BitFinex and TradingView platforms for free, however there are some paid features that you might want to consider depending on your needs, such as expanded watchlists, different study sets, account alerts, etc. 
Coinigy is a great tool for determining prices on each exchange, however I may not have access to the full suite of tools on TradingView charts. I am currently not using it as a front-end GUI for my exchanges, which it supports.I also use Blockfolio to give me a quick snapshot of my holdings, and find that it does an excellent job to aggregate all of my holdings into one easy-to-read snapshot of my cryptocurrencies, which are typically located in many different places.
I will also be experimenting with the Profit Trailer app which might be useful in this choppy market. I hope to share results and tips/tricks with you in here once I get this bot up and running.
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